Necktie holder



Jan. 13, 1942. P, KENNEDY 2,269,769

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed July 14, 1939 INVENTOR we? M ATTORNEY Patented Jan.13, 1942 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIE HOLDER John P. Kennedy,Medina, N. Y.

Application July 14, 1939, Serial No. 284,515

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to a neckwear article or appliance butmore particularly to a holder for neckties.

It has for one of its objects to provide an article of this characterwhich has been designed to not only aid the forming of the knot andfacilitate the tying of a four-in-hand tie, but also to hold the knot atall times neat and firm against the wearers collar.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a necktie holder which issimple, compact and inexpensive in construction, which is in the form ofa split sleeve capable of expanding and. contracting, and which is soconstructed as to afford the necessary slippage for tying the knot andyet prevent the knot becoming loose after tying.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar and knotted tie showing theholder in place by dotted lines. Figure 2 is a similar view showing theholder in place on the tie before forming the knot about it. Figure 3 isan enlarged vertical section of the holder taken substantially in theplane of the formed knot. Figure 4 is a detached perspective view of theimproved holder. Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectiontaken on line 5-5, Figure 4.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

This improved necktie holder is designed to aid the forming as well asto facilitate the tying of the knot in a four-in-hand tie, and itconsists generally of a tubular or sleeve-like member [0 which isadapted to be slipped over the short end H of a four-in-hand tie in themanner shown in Figure 2, and about which the longer end l2 of the tieis adapted to be looped to form the knot, the sleeve constituting a coreor support for the knot to hold it neatly and firmly in place againstthe collar. I

By preference, the holder I0 is substantially in the form of a splitsleeve which is frusto-conical in shape and which is provided with asmoothsurfaced bore 13 and a roughened exterior 14, whereby the tie isfree to slip relative to the holder during the adjusting of the tie-knotagainst the collar, while the knot itself is held against undue slippageabout the roughened exterior surface of the holder. If desired, thisholder may be made of a mesh-like material which provides the desiredroughened exterior surface for the holder, while its bore may be coatedwith a lacquer or otherwise lined to provide the smooth-surfaced borel3.

By constructing the holder in the form of a frusto-conical split sleeve,it is free to contract and expand to readily adapt it to the style ofknot desired by the wearer, for example, a tight or loose knot, and tothis end its marginal longitudinal edges overlap each other and aresuitably joined to limit the expanding and contracting movements of thesleeve, the latter normally assuming an expanded position. The marginalface of the underlying portion of the sleeve is preferably smooth-faced,as indicated at l5, so that the overlapping edges will slide freely inresponse to any contraction or expansion of the sleeve. A pivotalconnection l6, which may be relatively loose, serves to join the uppermarginal edges of the sleeve, while a pin and slot connection I! servesto join the lower or contracted end of the sleeve. By this construction,the frusto-conical sleeve is free to expand and contract within certainlimits and the conoidal shape of the sleeve is effectually retained inany of its positions.

In use, the sleeve 10 is slipped over the short end of the tie to apoint adjacent the collar, as shown in Figure 2, after which the longend of the tie is looped about the sleeve and the knot formed in theusual way, as shown in Figure 1. As the wearer slides the formed knotupwardly against the collar, the holder retains the knot firmly in placeand yet permits the necessary slippage for so doing. Furthermore,depending upon the firmness of the knot desired by the wearer, theholder sleeve is free to contract to adapt itself to the size of theknot desired, and the resulting tension and roughened surface exterioreffectually retains the knot firmly and neatly in place.

I claim as my invention:

1. A necktie holder of the character described, comprising anormally-expanded split sleeve having its marginal edges in overlappingrelation, a pivotal connection between such overlapping edges at one endof the sleeve, and a slip connection between such edges at the oppositeend of the sleeve to limit the contraction and expansion thereof.

2. A necktie holder of the character described, comprising anormally-expanded split sleeve of substantially frusto-conical formhaving its marginal edges in overlapping relation, a pivotal connectionbetween such edges at the larger ends of the sleeve, and a pin and slotconnection between such edges at the smaller end of said sleeve, wherebyto limit the contraction and expansion thereof.

3. A necktie holder of the character described, comprising anormally-expanded split sleeve of substantially frusto-conical formhaving its marginal edges in overlapping relation, a pivotal connectionbetween such edges at the larger end of the sleeve, and a pin and slotconnection between such edges at the smaller end of said sleeve, wherebyto limit the contraction and expansion thereof, the bore of said sleevebeing smooth to permit free slippage of that end of the tie insertedtherethrough and the exterior surface of the sleeve being of a roughenedcharacter to hold the knot-forming end in place against slippage.

JOHN P. KENNEDY.

